The uncertainties of COVID-19 have caused Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana to re-think their annual summer golf outing, but that didn’t stop the organization from giving this yearly event a unique new approach. In lieu of an...
Eighteen years ago, Mike Barancyk traded nine years in the engineering field, six of which he spent in the U.S. Navy, for a career move to the financial services industry at Oak Partners, Inc. Since then, he’s been impacting clients’ lives as a...
For nearly 40 years, the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana has provided critical food assistance to those in need. As the only food bank serving Lake and Porter Counties, the nonprofit has impacted countless individuals and families...
At 30 years old, one of the last things Nicholas Petralia expected to encounter was a bout with cancer, but when he was diagnosed with stage two testicular cancer back in 2010, that very battle became his reality. “I still considered myself young...
With health care locations across Northwest Indiana, Porter-Starke Services is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in communities through prevention, treatment, education, and research. Their full continuum of care serves adults, families,...
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children…to leave the world a better place…to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” Success is...
When staff at Vale Park Animal Hospital showed up to work at their new building for the first time on June 15, they had no way of knowing that Wigglebutts would be there to greet them. As the staff celebrated their first day at the new...